laurel
英 [ˈlɒrəl]
美 [ˈlɔːrəl]
n. 月桂灌木; 月桂树; 荣誉; 赞誉; 荣耀
复数:laurels
Collins.1 / BNC.14374 / COCA.13523
习惯用语
n.
- look to your laurels
- 小心翼翼地保持成就(或优势)
to be careful that you do not lose the success or advantage that you have over other people rest/sit on your laurels - 满足于既得成就;不思进取
to feel so satisfied with what you have already achieved that you do not try to do any more
牛津词典
noun
- 月桂灌木;月桂树
a bush with dark smooth shiny leaves that remain on the bush and stay green through the year - 荣誉;赞誉;荣耀
honour and praise given to sb because of sth that they have achieved
柯林斯词典
- 月桂(树)
Alaurelor alaurel treeis a small evergreen tree with shiny leaves. The leaves are sometimes used to make decorations such as wreaths. - PHRASE 不思进取;故步自封
If someone isresting ontheirlaurels, they appear to be satisfied with the things they have achieved and have stopped putting effort into what they are doing.- The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon...
委员会主席指责美国国家航空航天局成功登月之后便志得意满,不思进取。 - The government can't rest on its laurels and must press ahead with major policy changes.
政府不能故步自封,必须继续大刀阔斧地推行政策改革。
- The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon...
英英释义
noun
- (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
- any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
双语例句
- He had to pose wearing a laurel wreath.
他得摆好戴着月桂花冠的姿势。 - Crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory.
戴上王冠的,或好象戴上象征胜利的桂冠的。 - The committee's chairman accused NASA of resting on its laurels after making it to the moon
委员会主席指责美国国家航空航天局成功登月之后便志得意满,不思进取。 - FOR Chinese writer Mo Yan, the laurel of the Nobel Prize may be literary gold.
对中国作家莫言来说,诺贝尔文学奖的桂冠可能是文学金牌。 - The government can't rest on its laurels and must press ahead with major policy changes.
政府不能故步自封,必须继续大刀阔斧地推行政策改革。 - The broad-leaved forest is vast, with well-grown trees. Broadleaf evergreen shrub such as laurel, rhododendron, etc.
这片阔叶林面积很大,树木长势很好。阔叶长绿灌木,如月桂、北美杜鹃花等。 - Someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath.
由于重大的成就而被授奖的人;比喻地说成是头上戴桂冠花圈的人。 - She is holding a laurel crown in her left hand and a palm leaf in her right hand.
她左手举着月桂花冠,右手拿着棕榈叶。 - I've seen lots of laurel and Hardy films.
我看过很多劳莱和哈代拍的电影。 - The Cross of Honour and the Laurel Crown will not be bought and sold for filthy lucre.
桂冠和勋章不能用不义之财来进行买卖。